Oral waste receiver



Filed Dec. 18, 1961 BY g.

ATTOR/Vf United States Patent Ofitice 3,067,744 Patented Dec. 11, 1962 5,067,744 ORAL WASTE RECEIVER Harry Barishman, 1 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. Filed Dec. 18, 1961, Ser. No. 160,030 3 Claims. (Cl. 128275) This invention relates to an oral waste receiver which may be fixed under the head of a patient while he is being treated, nursed or fed; and, into which wastes, such as saliva, blood, water, vomiting material, etc., can be deposited conveniently, without escaping to the neck and to parts and clothes beyond it.

It is an object of this invention to provide a device which may be kept in position during various treatments to receive and retain such waste as accumulates with the least inconvenience to the patient or the doctor.

The use of containers of the type referred to has presented a problem of insuring that the waste material does not run out from the mouth or corners of the mouth onto the cheek, neck, etc., of the patient. The common con tainers have been particularly ineffective when the operation is such as to require that the patient shall lie partially or completely fiat on his back, such as, for example, in operations of upper teeth; or on the nose or throat; or in nursing, feeding, etc., of patients who are in prone position.

The common receptacle has embodied a raised edge or rim surrounding the container. Such a container is only partially efiective, even when the patient is in an upright position; and, it does not serve at all when the patient is in a prone position.

In accordance with this invention, it has been found that a different construction at the end of the container overcomes this difliculty.

The invention is disclosed in the accompanying drawing in which:

FIG. 1 shows a front view of the device as applied to a patient; and

FIG. 2 is a side elevation on the line 2-2 of FIG. 1.

The device comprises primarily a flat or semi-tubular container or tray 11, adapted when desired to lie or rest upon the chest of a prone patient. The tray is provided with an upturned rim 12 on its three outer sides to retain any fiuids which may be discharged into the tray. The tray is cut away in the center of its other end as shown at 13 to a shape adapted to fit around and against the front and the side portions of the neck below the body of the mandible; then, at an angle 14, it curves upward follow ing the rising ramus, but fitting posterior to the ramus. It rises thus up to the lobe of the ears. At this point, it bends posteriorly at 16 to clear the ears and then rises upwardly again at 17 to be in contact with the back surface of the ears.

The tray at the other end has a generally conical end terminating in a discharge channel 19.

There may also be provided an outlet conduit leading from the conical end 19 and adapted to be connected with suitable tubing, and this may also serve as a handle.

The edges 13 and 14 where they encounter the flesh of the neck should be covered with a soft wax material.

In using the device it is placed upon the chest of the patient with the wax material against the neck and jaws. If the patient is sitting up the device will be held in horizontal position by the patient, but if the patient is in inclined position the device may rest upon his chest with the tubing connected to a point of discharge.

By reason of the shape and construction of the device, all excretion from the mouth and nose, while in bed or in an operating chair, may be caught in the tray with no danger of spillage.

What is claimed:

1. An oral waste receiver comprising a tray adapted to rest on the chest of a patient having an upturned rim on the front and two of its sides, said receiver being cut away in the center of the fourth or back side to fit against the front and side portions of the neck below the body of the mandible, and then curving to follow around the rising ramus and fit behind the ramus.

' 2. A device according to claim 1 having a groove on the edges adjacent to the neck of a patient and a soft material carried in said groove.

3. A device according to claim 1 having a discharge opening near the top of the front.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,500,927 Davies et al July 8, 1924 1,791,348 Cannady Feb. 3, 1931 2,473,926 Wesley, Sr June 21, 1949 2,818,585 Campbell Jan. 7, 1958 

